Need the answers to the New York Times Connections puzzle? To me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a brain teaser. You’re given 16 words and you have to sort them into four groups that are somehow connected. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you by using words that fit into more than one group. Read on to find out today’s Connections tips and answers.
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Notes for today’s Connections groups
Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Note on the yellow group: Thumbs up.
Note from the Green Group: Think of the shape of a donut.
Note on the blue group: Foreground!
Note on the purple group: Shoe names, abbreviated.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Official sanction.
Green Group: Torus-shaped things.
Blue Group: Bad golf shots.
Purple Group: Shoes without the “er” sound.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
NYT Connections has completed the puzzle for August 26, 2024.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The topic is official approval. The four responses are approval, blessing, consent, and support.
The green words in today’s edition of Connections
The theme is torus-shaped things. (Don’t know what torus means? Join and think of the shape of a doughnut or bicycle tube.) The four answers are bagel, lifesaver, tire, and wreath.
The blue words in today’s edition of Connections
The topic is bad golf shots. The four answers are hook, shank, slice and whiff.
The purple words in today’s edition of Connections
The topic is footwear without the “uh” sound. The four answers are “loaf,” “slip,” “sneak,” and “wade.”
How to play Connections
Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally organize them into groups of four. Click on the four words you think go together. The groups are color-coded, but you won’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest. Look carefully at the words and think of related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with only part of the word. Once four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”
